BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis, Jr. (Jeff), a Senator from New Mexico; born in El Paso, Tex., October 3, 1943;
attended public schools of Silver City, N.Mex.; graduated, Harvard College 1965
and Stanford Law School 1968; served in the United States Army Reserve
1968-1974; admitted to the New Mexico bar 1968; assistant New Mexico attorney
general 1969; counsel to State constitutional convention 1969; commenced
private practice in 1970; elected New Mexico attorney general 1979-1982;
elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1982; reelected in 1988,
1994, 2000, and 2006, and served from January 3, 1983, to January 3, 2013;
chairman, Senate Impeachment Trial Committee (1989-1991), Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June
6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Twelfth Congresses);
was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2012.